Finance Manager​/Business Partner- Operations

Finance Manager/Business Partner

145k-185k

Direct Hire

Hybrid-Longmont, CO

• Relevant Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of FP&A experience, including forecasting, budgeting and business partnering.
• Prior support of manufacturing operations
• Understanding of manufacturing cost structure and inventory
• Advanced Excel
• Ability to engage and work with C Level management
• Be highly proactive

• Experience with Infor/Syteline, and/or Datarails
• Power BI
• Understanding of financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow and how they work together)
• MBA
• Experience in a PE backed company and/or high growth environment
• Basic understanding of accounting ( accruals, debits/credits) and/or cost accounting

We are seeking a Finance Manager/Business Partner – Operations to serve as the primary financial advisor to our Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Facilities organizations within a fast-growing, private equity-backed manufacturing company.

This is a highly visible, manager-level role responsible for helping operational leaders improve manufacturing profitability, labor productivity, capacity utilization, inventory performance, and capital efficiency. The Finance Manager/Business Partner will own the financial planning, analysis, and performance management activities supporting the company’s operational functions and will translate operational data into actionable recommendations that improve gross margin, cash flow, and long-term scalability. Success in this role requires more than strong financial analysis.

It requires operational business acumen, intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, and the ability to influence decisions at all levels of the organization. The ideal candidate is a hands‑on finance leader who is comfortable challenging assumptions, identifying the root causes of performance, and building practical tools and processes that enable better business decisions.

• Serve as the primary finance partner to Operations leadership.
• Own the financial planning, analysis, and performance management of manufacturing operations.
• Lead monthly operational financial reviews, including performance against budget, forecast, prior year, and operational targets.
• Analyze manufacturing costs, gross margin, productivity, and operational variances.
• Identify financial risks and opportunities and recommend actions to improve operational and financial performance.
• Partner with Operations leadership on productivity, cost reduction, quality, delivery, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Translate operational performance into clear financial implications and actionable business recommendations.
• Build strong working relationships with functional leaders, and executive management.
• Provide financial leadership for operational decisions while constructively challenging assumptions and proposed courses of action.

• Develop and maintain labor productivity, efficiency, utilization, throughput, and cost-per-unit metrics.
• Analyze direct labor, indirect labor, manufacturing overhead, absorption, and production variances.
• Evaluate the financial impact of staffing levels, overtime, shift structures, production schedules, and changes in manufacturing volume.
• Partner with Operations to identify the root causes of unfavorable labor, material, overhead, and productivity variances.
• Support the development and maintenance of standard costs, including changes to labor rates, material costs, routings, bills of material, and overhead assumptions.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manufacturing costs while maintaining product quality, delivery performance, safety, and customer service.
• Measure…